Description
ITALIAN FOLDING RANSEUR
CIRCA 1600
the triple blades are hinged so that the head can be folded down against the haft with the curved side blades folding inwards, has the original haft with spiked terminal of square section
104in. (264cm) long
Provenance:
Sotheby’s Hever Castle sale, 1983, lot 143
See Boccia Armi Bianche Italiane fig 395 for a similar folding Ranseur.